Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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DESCRIPTION
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"N-PHENYi,P~AZOLE DYER IVATIVE S "
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This invention relates to N-phenylpyrazole
derivatives, compositions containing them and their
use as herbicides.
In J. Helen. chum.. 12 (1975), 1199-1205,
PAL. south wick and B. Dunn have described experiments
for the preparation of 4,6-diaminopyrazolof3,4-d~-
pyrimidines in the expectation that such pyr~midine
derivative would have useful pharmacological
properties. They employed as starting materials
1-phenyl-5-amino-4-cyanopyrazoles of the general formula:
I R
;` HEN- I
R'
wherein R represents inter aria a hydrogen atom, and R'
represents a hydrogen atom. a methyl group. a
hydroxyethyl group or a phenol group substituted by one
or more chlorine atoms and/or methyl groups. Include
amongst numerous porously compounds prepared and disclosed
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my South wick and Dunn wore 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,4-
dichlorophenyl)pyrazoie and 5-amino-4-cyano-1-~4-chloro-
2-methylphenyl)pyrazole. This publication contains no
suggestion that compounds of general forum' 2 I possess
or would be expected to possess herbicidal activity
Apparently these porously compounds dip not
lead (according to the authors of the article to
useful therapeutic (viz. antimalarial Damon-
porously 4-d~pyrimidines.
In Japanese Patent Application 23598/63
(applied for by Tweaked Chemical Industries lid:
Publication No. 19958/65) there are disclosed porously
derivatives of the general formula:
R3 2 II
I
Al
(wherein Al represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted
phenol group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower
alkyd group, R3 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom,
or a vitro or cyan group. and R4 represents a lower
alkyd group, an amino group or a lower Alex group) which
are useful as herbicides.
Our British Patent Application No. 8105778 (British
Patent Publication Jo. AYE) discloses that when the
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substituent Al on the porously ring of compounds of
general formula II is a phenol radical currying
particular substituents, R2 represents a hydrogen
atom, R3 represents a cyan or substituted carbamoyl
radical, and R4 represents an amino group, the
compounds also have useful herbicidal activity and
have unexpectedly advantageous herbicidal properties in
relation to particular compounds disclosed in Japanese
Patent application 29598/63 (Publication No. 1595~/65 -
lo Derwent Basic No. G 3904), e.g. the closely related
compound l-phenyl-4-cyano-5-aminopyrazole.
British Patent Application No. 8105778 accordingly
provides, as herbicides, N-phenylpyrazole derivatives of the
general formula:-
X10
HEN N
R9 R5 It
R8 R7
R6
wherein each of the symbols R5 and R6, which may bethel same or different, represents an alkyd or alkoxy
radical containing from l to 4 carbon atoms, a trifler-
methyl, trifluoromethoxy, vitro, Cowan or primary
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amino radical, or a fluorine, chlorine or bromide atop,
each of the symbols R7, R8 and R9, which may be the same
or different represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyd or
alkoxy radical containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a
trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, vitro, cyan or
primary amino radical or a fluorine, chlorine or
bromide atom, or the symbols R5, I R8 and R9 each
reprint a hydrogen atom and the symbol R6 represents
a trifluoromethoxy or, preferably, a trifluoromethyl
radical, and the symbol R10 represents a cyan radical
or substituted carbamoyl radical -Charlie (wherein R
represents a methyl or ethyl radical and, when at
least one of symbols R5, R , R , R8 and R9 represents
a primary amino radical, agriculturally acceptable acid
5 addition salts thereof.
m e following compounds of general formula III are
disclosed in British Patent Application No. 8105778 as being
of particular interest as herbicides:-
Compound
A 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,4-trichlorophenyl)pyrazole
B 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethyl-
phenyl)pyrazole
C 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2~4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazole
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COMPOUND
D 5-amino-1-(2-bromo~3,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
E 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(3,4-dichloro-2-methyl-
phenyl)pyrazole
F 5-amino-1-(3-bromo-2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
G 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,4-dichloro-3-methyl-
phenyl~pyrazole
H 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,4-dichloro-3-methoxy-
phenyl~pyrazole
J 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(3-cyano-2,4-dichlorophenyl)-
porously
K 5-amino-1-(4-bromo-2,3-dichlorophenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
L 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3-dichloro-4-
methylphenyl)pyrazole
M 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(4-bromo-2-chloro-3-methyl-
phenyl)pyrazole
N 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2-chloro-3,4-dimethyl-
phenyl)pyrazole
P 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2-chloro-3-cyano-4-methyl-
phenyl)pyrazole
Q 5-amino-1-(3-chloro-2,4-dibromophenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
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Compound
Amman 3-chloro-2,4-dimethylphenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
S S-amino-1-~2-~romo-4-chloro-3-methylphenyl)-4-
cyanopyrazole
T Amman chloro-2,3-dimethylphenyl)-4
cyanopyrazole
U , 5-amino-1-(4-chloro-3-cyano-2-methylphen~l)-
4-cyanopyrazole
V 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-
porously
W 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-
porously
X 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,4,5-tetrachlorophenyl)-
porously
Y 5-~mino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,4,6-tetrafluorophenyl1-
porously
Z 5-amino-4-cyano-1-pentachlorophenylpyrazole
AA 5-amino-4-cyano-1-pentafluorophenylpyrazole
BY 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-
porously
CC 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(3-chloro-2,4-difluorophenyl)-
porously
DUD 5-amino-4-N-methylcarbonamido-1-(2,3,4-trichloro-
phenyl)pyrazole
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Compound
HE 5-amino-~-N-ethylcarbonamido-1-(2,3,4-
trichlorophenyl)pyrazole
The letters of the alphabet A to H, J to N and
P to HE are assigned to the above compounds for
identification and easy reference hereafter in the
present specification
Particularly preferred compounds according to
British Patent Application No. 8105778 are, referring
to the identification by letters of the alphabet
indicated above, Compound C, and more especially
Compounds D to H, J to N and P to U and, in
particular, Compound A.
European Patent Application No. 0 026 034 also
discloses that Compound W [5-amino-4-cyano-1-
(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)pyrazole] possesses valuable
herbicidal properties.
As a result of further extensive research and
experimentation, it has now been found that when the
substituent Al on the porously ring of compounds of
general formula II is a phenol group substituted in
the 4-position by a trifluoromethyl group, in the
2-position by a chlorine or fluorine atom, and
optionally in the 3-, 5- and 6-positions by fluorine
or chlorine atoms as hereinafter more particularly
described, these compounds unexpectedly possess
outstandingly advantageous herbicidal activity in
comparison with the herbicidal N-phenylpyrazole
derivatives disclosed in British Patent Application
No. 8105778 and other closely related compounds
disclosed in the prior art.
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m e present invention accordingly provides, as
herbicides, the new N-phenylpyrazole derivatives of the
general formula:-
NC
Al R1 2
Al R13 IV
wherein R 2 represents a chlorine atom, R represents hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine atom, R14 represents a
hydrogen or fluorine atom and R 5 represents a hydrogen,
fluorine or chlorine atom, with the proviso that when R14
represents a fluorine atom, R15 represents a fluorine or
chlorine atom, or R12, R13 and R15 each represent a fluorine
atom and R14 represents a hydrogen or fluorine atom. When
R13 represents a hydrogen atom, R14 preferably represents a
hydrogen atom.
Representative compounds of general formula IV
according to the present invention include 5 amino-1-(2-chloro-
4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4-cyanopyrazole (identified herein-
after as Compound No. 1 ), 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-
4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole (identified hereinafter as
Compound No. 2), 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,6-trichloro-4-tri-
fluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole (identified hereinafter as
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Compound No. 3) and 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-
4-trifluoromethylpherlyl)pyrazole identified hereinafter as
Compound No. 4).
In experiments on herbicidal activity carried out
on representative compounds of general formula III disclosed
in British Patent Application No. 8105778, the closely
related compound l-phenyl-4-cyano-5-aminopyrazole
specifically disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No.
29598~1963 (test Compound Cal) and the closely related
compound5-amino-4-cyano-1-t2,3,4-trichlorophenyl)-3-methyll-
porously test Compound CC2), and representative compounds of
general formula IV (Compounds Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4), the
following results have been obtained:-
EXPERIMENT 1
15 TEST MIDAS
(13 Weed Control Test
(a) General
The test compounds A to H, J to N and P to HE, Cal,
CC2, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 (as herein before identified)
were dissolved in acetone. Application was from a standard
laboratory herbicide sprayer using a flat fan jet traveling
at 1.6 m.p.h. (2.6 km/hour) and delivering the equivalent of
530 liters of spray fluid per Hector, the spray pressure
being 2.81 kg/cm2 (40 pounds/inch2). The solutions of test
compounds A to H, J, K, M, N and Q to HE, Cal and CC2 were
prepared by dissolving 0.513 g of test compound in acetone
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and making up with more acetone to 34 ml (1.5% w/v),
equivalent to an application rate of 8 kg of test compound
per Hector. Solutions equivalent to 4, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25
and 0.125 kilograms per Hector (kg/ha) were prepared from
these solutions by serial dilution with acetone, except for
test compounds C, W, AA, BY, DUD, HE and Cal for which
solutions equivalent to 8, 4, 2, 1 and 0.5 kgfha were
prepared. The solutions of test compounds L and P were
similarly prepared but using 0.128 g of test compound to
give solutions equivalent to application rates of 2, 1, 0.5,
0.25 and 0.125 kg~ha. The solutions of test compounds Nos.
1, 2 and 4 were similarly prepared but using 0.128 g of test
compound to give solutions equivalent to application rates
of 2, 1, 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625, 0.0312 and 0.0156 kg/ha.
The solutions of test compound No. 3 were similarly prepared
but using OWE g of test compound to give solutions
equivalent to application rates of 1, 0.5, 0~25, 0.125,
Owe, 0.0312 and 0.0156 kg~ha.
(b) Weed Control: Reemergence application
Weed seeds were sown on the surface of John
Inns No. 1 potting compost (7 parts by volume of sterilized
loam, 3 parts by volume of peat and 2 parts by volume of
fine grit) in 9 cm diameter bitumenised paper pots. The
quantities of seeds per pot were as follows:
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Weed species Approximate number
Seeds/pot
(i) Broad leafed weeds
Synapse arvensis 30 - 40
Polygonum lapathifolium 30 - 40
Styler media 30 - 40
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(ii) Grass weeds
Arena fish 15 - 20
Alopecurus miswords 30 - 40
Echinochloa crus-qalli 20 - 30
m e test compounds were applied to the uncovered
seeds as described in (1) (a) above at dose rates of 0.125
to 8 kg/ha, except for test compounds L and P, which were
applied at dose rates of 0.125 to 2 kg/ha, for test compounds
C, W, AA, BY, DUD, HE and Cal which were applied at dose rates
of 0.5 to 8 kg/ha, for test compounds Nos. 1, 2 and 4 which
were applied at dose rates of 0,0156 to 2 kg/ha, and test
compound No. 3 which was applied at dose rates of 0.0156 to
1 kg/ha, and the seeds were covered with 25 ml of sharp sand
after spraying. A single pot of each weed species was
allocated to each treatment, with unsprayed controls and
controls sprayed with acetone alone. After treatment, the
pots were kept in the greenhouse and were watered overhead.
Visual assessment of weed control activity was made 19 to
28 days after spraying. The results were expressed as the
minimum effective dose (MUD) in kg/ha which gave 90%
reduction in growth or kill of the weeds in comparison with
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plants in the control pots. me results obtained are
presented below in Table I.
(c) Weed Control: Post-emerqence application
Weed species were grown and then transplanted at
the seedling stage into John Inns No. 1 potting compost in
9 cm diameter bitumenised paper pots, except for Arena fish,
which was sown directly in the test pot and not transplanted.
The plants were then grown in the greenhouse until ready for
spraying with the test compounds. m e number of plants per
pot and the growth stage of the plant at spraying were as
follows:-
Weed species Number of Growth stages
plant3~pot at spraying
(i) Broad leafed weeds
Polyqonum lapathifolium 5 1-1 1/2 pairs of
leaves
Styler media 5 4-6 leaves
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Abutilon theophrasti 3 2 pairs of leaves
lit) Grass weeds
Arena fish 10 1 leaf
Alopecurus miswords 5 1 1/2 leaves
Echinochloa crus-qalli 5 1-2 leaves
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The test compounds were applied to the plants as
described in (1) (a) above at dose rates of from 0.125 'o
kg/ha, except for test compounds L and P which were applied
at dose rates of 0.125 to 2 kg/ha, for test compounds C, W,
AA, BY, DUD, HE and Cal which were applied at dose rates of
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0.5 to 8 kg/ha,for test compounds Nos. 1, 2 and 4 which
were applied at dose rates of 0.0156 to 2 kg/ha, and test
compound No. 3 which was applied at dose rates of 0~0156 to
1 kg~ha. A single pot of each weed species was allocated to
each treatment, with unsprayed controls and controls sprayed
with acetone alone. After spraying, the pots were watered
overhead, commencing 24 hours after spraying. Assessment
of the control of the growth of the weeds was made 19-28
days after spraying by recording the number of plants which
had been killed and the reduction in growth, The results
were expressed as the minimum effective dose (MUD) in kg/ha
which gave OWE reduction in growth or kill of the weeds in
comparison with the plants in the control pots. The results
obtained are presented below in Table II.
KEY TO WEED SPECIES
(a) GRASS WEEDS:-
Am = Alopecurus miswords
Al = Arena fish
Ha = Echinochloa crossly
(b) BROAD-LEAF WEEDS
Sum = Styler media
Pi = Polonium lapathifolium
Spa = Synapse arvensis
At = Abutilon theophrasti
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TABLE I
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Test REEMERGENCE MUD (kgJha)
Compound Pi Spa i Sum Am Al ¦ Ha
_ I _
0.25 0.12;1 0.5-1 0.5 0.5-1 0.125
- 0.25
, _,
B 0.5-1 9.5 I 2 2-4 1-2
_
C 0.5-1 0.5-1 8 4 4 1 _ _
D 0.5-1 G.25 4-8 2 4 1
- 0.5 I I
_ _ l
E 1 1-2 2-4 12-4 1 2-4 0.5-1
- t
. F 0.5-1 0.5-1 2 2-4 ¦ 1-2 0.5-1
, j ,
G 0.25 0.25 0.5 1-2 , 1-2 0.25
- 0.5 - 0.5 l - 0.5
H 0.5-1 2 1 2 1-2 2
, -I
J 0.50.5-1 4-8 2 i 1-2 1
. ___ l l
K 1 0.5 1-2 2-4 1 2-4 1
. , .
L lows 1 I I ! I 1-2
- -! - ------
M if 0.5-1 '3 1 4 ~.5-1
_ i
N ! 0.125 0.25 8 4 j 2-4 0.25
1- 0.25 Jo _ 0.5
P 1 I 2JR NO ¦ NO I
- Q _ 14 4---- 4 4-8 ! 4-8 4-8
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TABLE I (continued)
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Test _ REEMERGENCE MUD (kg/ha)
Compound Pi Spa Sum Am Al Ha
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R 1-2 4-8 I 2-4 2-4 1-2
S 1-2 0.5-1 2-4 4 4 4
5 T 0.5-1 2~4 4-8 0.5-1 2-4 2-4
U 2 4-8 4~8 2-4 I 2
....
V 1 2 _ 8 8 4-8 1
W 0.5-1 <0.5 2 _2-4 0.5-1 0.5-
X 2 1-2 0.5 2-4 2-4 I
lo 0.5 1.0 4-8 _ 2-4 2 0.5-1
Z 2-4 1-2 8 2-4 4-8 1
AA 1-2 1.0 8 2-4 1-2 1
BY 1-2 4 4-8 2-4 4 1-2
CC 1 8 4 4 1
DUD 4 1 8 8 NO I
HE NO 2-4 NO NO NO 8
_
Cal 8 8 8 NO NO I
CC2 NO NO NO NO NO NO
_ .
Noel 0.0312 0.0312 Ouzel 0.25 0.25 0.25
-0.0625 -0.0625 -0.5
Noah 0.0156 <0.0156 0.0625 0.25- 0.25 0.125
-0.0312 -0.125 0.5 -0.5
Noah 0.125 0.0156 0.0625 1.0 0.25 0.5
-0.25 -0.0312 -0.5
25 Noah 0.0156 0.0156 0.25 0.5 0.0312 0.125
-0.0312 -0.062C
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TABLE II
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Test POST-EMERGE~CE MUD (ks/ha)
¦ Compound At Pi j Sum Al I Ha
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Aye 0.125 ! 1-2 4-8 4-8 1 2-4
B0.125 0.5 I I I ¦ 8
_ . , . _
C<0.5 ~0.5 8 Jo I 4
. _ , .
D0.125 0.125 2-4 I 8 I
_ - 0.25 - 0,25
E KIWI_ ~0.125 ; 2 I I ! 8
F 0.1,2525 - 0.5 ¦ NO I I I
.. ._ . __
G ~0.125 0.25 4-8 8 I I
- 0.5 ! ¦ ¦
H 0.25 0.125 1 0.25 I 1 8 j 1-2
- 0.251
.__ . .__ I .
J < 0.125 KIWI I NO_ 8 I ! 1-2
K 0.05 - Owe 2 NRI I , I
__ . I . .
L ~0.125 0.25 I I ¦ I i 2
- 0.5 l if
. .__
M 0.125 0.25 I NO I 1 I
- 0.25 - 0.5
., ..... I
0.125 0.25 NO I 8 ¦ 8 ¦ 8
- 0.25 - 0.5 1 1 1
, .... I ...
P 0.125 0.5-1 2 2 I NO
- 0.25 l l
. .................. . -
Q 0.125 0.25 1 4-8 1 I 1 I I
- 0.25 I I _
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TABLE If (continued) 1228859
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Test ¦ POST-EMERGENCE ED (kg/ha)
I .. .. _ _ .. --
C~mpoundj At Pi ¦ Sum Am Al Ha
_ _ ,._
R 0.125 0.25 ¦ NO I 8 I
- 0.25 - 0.5
. ..
. s - 8: 25 - 0.5 1-2 NO I I
T 0.5-1 0.5-1 ! NO I I I
. . I. , ....
U 1-2 0.5-1 I 8 ~>~ I
__
V - 0.5 0 5 I I Lo I
_
W ~0.5 1 <0.5~>8 1 8 2-4 .
. ---- I i
X ¦ 0.5-1 1 0.5-1 2 NO I NO I
y , 0.125 1 0~25 8 8 1 4-8 2
I - 0.25l - 0~5
._ . .
Z 0.5-1 1-2 I NO I
. .
AA I<0.5 ~0.5 NO 8 4 2-4
... ! _ .
By ¦ 1 0.5-1 NO I l I 4-8
CC I 2-4 2 NO 8 1 I 4
. . . I _.. ._
DUD 1-2 I NO NO ¦ NO 8
_ _
HE 4-8 8 NO NO ! ,> 8
. _ I
Cal I I NO I NO
_ . . j _ i -
CC2 NO NO NO NO I I NO
_. - I. _ ..
Jo 1 ~0.015~ 0.0156 0.25 I I 1 0.5-1
_0.0312
__ . .. _._ .
Jo 2 ~0.0156 ~0,015~ 0.035162 ~2.0 I ¦ -5
. I . .
it 3 0.0156 0.0312 0.062~ ¦ X~1.0 >?1.0 ¦ 1.0
-0.0312 -0.0625 1-
owe 4 ~0.0156 C0.0156 0.05~5 ¦ Z.0 0.5-l ¦ 0.125
I .
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The following symbols which appear in the above
Tables have the following meanings:-
'I>' means much greater than
'> ' means greater than
lo means less than
'NO' means no reduction at any dose rate applied
EXPERIMENT 2
Comparison of the post-emergence activity of Compounds
1, 2 and 4 with Compound A against Gallium apron, Veronica
Persia and Viola arvensis.
The weed species Gallium apron, Veronica Persia and Viola
arvensis are resistant to the phenylurea-type herbicides
isoproturon and chlortoluron at the application rates of
these two herbicides normally used to control the growth of
broad-leafed weeds in cereal crops. The widespread use of
isoproturon and chlortoluron, particularly in Western Europe,
has resulted in these three weed species becoming a
particularly important problem in weed control in winter
cereals.
TEST METHOD
All weed species were grown in John Inns potting
compost to parts by volume of sterilized loam, 3 parts by
volume of peat and 2 parts by volume of fine grit). At the
cotyledon growth-stage, the plants were pricked out into 9 cm.
diameter bitumenized paper pots and subsequently grown on in
these.
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The number of plants per pot and the growth stage
of the plants at the time of application of the test
compounds was as follows:-
Weed species Height Number of Number of plants
(cm) leaves per pot
Gallium apron 4 to 9 3 to 5 2
(whorls)
Veronica Persia 2 to 4 5 to 6 3
Viola arvensis 2 to 3 3 to 4 3
lo Application of the test compounds was from a
standard laboratory herbicide sprayer using a flat fan jet
traveling at 1.6.m.p.h. (2.6 Myra and delivering the
equivalent of 260 liters of spray fluid per Hector, the
spray pressure being 2.1 kg/cm2 (30 pounds/inch2). me
solutions of Compound Nos. l, 2 and 4 and Compound A were
prepared by dissolving 0.154 g of test compound in acetone
and making up with more acetone to a volume of 40 ml,
equivalent to an application rate of 1 kg of test compound
per Hector. Solutions equivalent to 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625
and 0.0312 kg/ha were prepared from these solutions by serial
dilution with acetone. mere replicate pots of each weed
species were allocated to each treatment, with unsprayed
controls and controls sprayed with acetone alone After
spraying, the pots were maintained in the greenhouse with
overhead watering, commencing 24 hours after spraying.
Assessment of the control of the growth of the weeds was made
28 days after spraying by recording the number of plants which
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had been killed The results for the replicates were
averaged and the mean results were expressed as the dose
rate of each test compound which killed 90% of the plants
(Ego kg/ha). Ike results obtained are presented below in
Table III.
TABLE III
_ ,
Test Compound Ego kg/ha (mean of 3 replicates
Gallium Veronica Viola
apron Persia arvensis
_
compound No
1 0.29 0.11 0.09
_
Compound No
2 0.23 0.10 0.09
,'
Compound No
4 0.09 0.09 0.08
_
Compound No
A 0.75 . 0.29 0.31
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EXPERIMENT 3
Control of Gallium apron in winter wheat with Compounds Nos.
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1 and 2 and Compound A
TEST METHOD
Wettable powder formulations were prepared from:-
(A) Compound A..................... 50% w/w
Airlines...... .,.,............ .3% w/w
Sopropon*T.36.. O..... ,......... .1% w/w
Belloid~TD...... ,,.... ,,,,,,.. ,.,.,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,., 5% w/w
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Silica filler SWISS (microphone silica) to 100%
by weight
(B) Compound No 1.. ,.... ,.. I.......... .....20% w/w
Nikko BY....... I.... I.. ,.,.,.. I.......... ...,.10% w/w
Sodium lignosulphate.,.,........ ,.......... ,..... ...., 3% w/w
Sopropo~ T.36................... ,................ .,,Ø5% w/w
Silica filler SPAS 132 to 100% by weight
(C) Compound No 2.................. ...~,............ ...,.20% w/w
equal* BY.. I........ ,... I,... Lydia w/w
Sodium lignosulphate.. ,............... .....,.,... ,..... I w/w
Swooper T.36......... I.......... ,.,.,.~.,.. ,..... ,.,,0.5% w/w
Silica filler SPAS 132 to 100% by weight
(Airlines is sodium dodecylbenzenesulphonate Sopropon T,36
is a sodium polycarboxylate: Behold TO is a condensate of
sodium naphthalene sulphonate and formaldehyde: Nikko BY is
a sodium alkyd naphthalene sulphonate).
The wettable powders were diluted with water and
applied in 217.2 liters of spray fluid per Hector to 2.5 x
2,5 m plots containing emerged winter wheat (variety Avalon,
growth stage : height 6 inches, 5 leaves unfolded, main shoot
plus four tillers, pseudo stem erect) and Gallium apron
(growth stage: height 3 inches with 2 branches and 3 rosettes
to height 8 inches with 7 to 8 branches), using two replicates
per treatment.
m e following dose rates were applied:-
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Compound A: 0.5. 1 and 2 kg/ha
Compound No 1: 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 kg/ha
Compound No 2: 0.125, 0.25, 0.5 and 1 kg/ha
Six days after spraying, the percentage control
of Gallium apron and percentage damage to the wheat in each
treated plot was assessed visually in comparison with
unsprayed control plots. The mean percentage control and
damage figures for each pair of replicated plots was then
calculated and the results obtained are presented in the
following Table IV. (The growth stage of the wheat at the
time of assessment was: height 8 inches, 6 main leaves, main
shoot plus 4 tillers, first node detectable).
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The above experimental results clearly demonstrate
the valuable herbicidal properties of the compounds of
general formula IV and the surprising and unexpected
superiority in herbicidal activity more especially by post-
emergence application, possessed by the compounds of general formula IV in comparison with the compounds of general
formula III, for example Compounds A, B, C, V, W, X, Y, z,
AA and BY, the closely related compound l-phenyl-4-cyano-5-
aminopyrazole disclosed in Japanese Patent Application
No. 29598~63 and a closely related compound 5-amino-4-cyano-
1-(2,3,4-trichlorophenyl)-3-methylpyrazole in which
substitution of the 3-position of the porously ring by alkyd
(methyl) as taught in Japanese Patent Application No. 29598/63
is combined with substitution in the l-position of the
porously ring by a substituted phenol group (2,3,4-trichloro-
phenol) found to confer high herbicidal activity in the
compounds of general formula III.
In particular, it is demonstrated in Experiment 1
that, by post-emergence application, Compounds Nos. 1, 2, 3
and 4 are from at least twice to more than eight times as
active as Compound A in controlling the growth of the
important weed Polyqonum lapathifolium, Compounds Nos. 1, 2,
3 and 4 are at least four times to more than sixteen times
as active as Compound A and from at least thirty two to more
than sixty times as active as Compound W in controlling the
growth of the important weed Styler media, Compounds Nos.
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1, 2, 3 and 4 are from at least four to more than eight
times as active as Compound A and Compolmds ooze. 1, 3 and 4
are from at least eight to more than sixteen times as active
as Compound W in controlling the growth of Abutilon
theophrasti and Compounds Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are from at
least twice to more than eight times as active as Compounds
A and W in controlling the growth of Echinochloa crus-qalli.
It is further demonstrated in Experiment 2 that Compound
No. 1 is more than twice as active, Compound No. 2 is more
than three times as active and Compound No. 4 is more than
eight times as active, as Compound A in controlling toe
growth of Gallium apron, that Compounds Nos. 1, 2 and 4
are two to three times as active as Compound A in controlling
the growth of Veronica Persia and that Compounds Nos. 1, 2
and 4 are at least three times more active than Compound A
in controlling the growth of viola arvensis, by post-emergence
application.
Experiment 3 demonstrates the high activity and
selectivity of Compound No. 1 and, more especially, Compound
No. 2 in controlling the growth of the very important weed
species Gallium apron in a crop of winter wheat. plus,
Compound No. 1 is twice as active and Compound No. 2 is at
least four times as active as Compound A in controlling the
growth of Gallium apron, while Compounds Nos. 1 and 2 are
both substantially less damaging to the winter wheat than
Compound A.
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Accordingly, a feature of the present invention
is a method for controlling the growth of weeds it
undesired vegetation) at a locus which comprises applying
to the locus a herbicidally effective amount of at least
one N-phenylpyrazole derivative of general formula IV. For
this purpose, the N-phenylpyrazole derivatives are normally
used in the form of herbicidal compositions (i.e. in
association with compatible delineates or carriers suitable
for use in herbicidal compositions), for example as herein-
after described.
he compounds of general formula IV showherbicidal activity against dicotyledonous (i.e. broad-
leafed) and monocotyledonous (e.g. grass) weeds by pro-
and/or, post-emergence application.
By the term reemergence application" is meant
application to the soil in which the weed seeds or seedlings
are present before emergence of the weeds above the surface
of the soil. By the term "post-emergence application" is
meant application to the aerial or exposed portions of the
weeds which have emerged above the surface of the soil For
example, the compounds of general formula IV may be used to
control the growth of broad-leafed weeds, for example,
Abutilon theophrasti, Amaranths retroflexus, Amsinc~ia
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intermedia,Anaqallis arvensis, Air pled Paula, Brusque
nicker, Capella bursa-pastoris, Chenopodium album,
Chrysanthemum seqetum, Cirsium arvense, Dotter stramonium,
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Desmodium tortuosum, Emex Australia, Euphoria helioscopia,
Fumier officinalis, GaleoPsis titrate, Gallium apron,
Geranium dissectum, Ipomea purpurea, Lamiurn Durpureum, Lapsana
communist Motorcar indoor, Monkery vaqinalis, Palaver
Russ, Fossils lon~qifolia, Plantaqo Lancelot, Polvqonum
sup., (e.g. Polyqonum lapathifolium, Polyqonum aviculare,
Polyqonum convolvulus and Polyqonum persicaria), Portulaca
oilers, Ruffians raphanistrum, Rotate indict, Remix
obtusifolius, Saponaria vaccaria, Scandix pecten-veneris,
Synch vulqaris, Sesbania Florida Side spoons, silent alga,
Synapse arvensis, Selenium n rum, Sonchus arvensis, Spryly
arvensis, Styler media, Thlaspi arvense, Troubles terrestrial
Utica urns, Veronica hydrofoil, Veronica Persia, Viola
arvensis and Xanthium strurnarium,and grass weeds, for example,
Alopecurus miswords, Opera spica-venti, Aqrostis stolonifera,
Arena fish, Arena ludoviciana, Brusher sup., Brahms
strolls, Brahms tectorum, Swankers sup., Sundown dactyl on,
~iqitaria anquinalis, Echinochloa crus-qalli, Eleusine indlca,
Satyr viridis and Sorghum halepense and sedges, for example
Cyprus esculentus, Cyprus iris and Cyprus rotundas, and
Eleocharis acicularis.
The amounts of compounds of general formula IV
applied vary with the nature of the weeds, the compositions
used, the time of application, the climatic and edaphic
conditions and (when used to control the growth of weeds in
crop-growing areas) the nature of the crops. When applied to
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a crop-growing area, the rate of application should be
sufficient to control the growth of wends without causing
substantial permanent damage to the crop. In general,
taking these factors into account, application rates
between 0.01 kg and 10 kg of active material per Hector
give good results. However, it is to be understood that
higher or lower application rates may be used, depending
upon the particular problem of weed control encountered.
The compounds of general formula IV may be used
to control selectively the growth of weeds, for example to
control the growth of those species herein before mentioned,
by pro- or post-emergence application in a directional or
non-directional fashion, e.g. by directional or non-directional
spraying, to a locus of weed infestation which is an area
used, or to be used, for growing crops, for example cereals,
e.g. wheat, barley, oats, maize and rice, soya beans, field
and dwarf beans, peas, Lucerne cotton, peanuts, flax, onions,
carrots, cabbage, oil seed rape, sunflower, sugar beet, and
permanent or sown grassland before or after sowing of the
crop or before or after emergence of the crop. For the
selective control of weeds at a locus of weed infestation
which is an area used, or to be used, for the growing of
crops, e.g. the crops herein before mentioned, application
rates between 0.05 kg and 4.0 kg, and preferably between
0.1 kg and 2.0 kg, of active material per Hector are
particularly suitable. More particularly, the compounds of
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general formula IV may be used to control selectively the
growth of broad leafed weeds, for example to control the
growth of those broad leafed species herein before mentioned,
by pro- or, more especially, post-emergence application in a
non-directional fashion, e.g. by non-directional spraying, to
an area used for growing cereal crops, e.g. wheat, barley,
oats, maize and rice, before or after emergence of both the
crop and weeds. The compounds of general formula IV are
particularly useful for controlling selectively the growth
of Gallium apron, Veronica Persia, Veronica hydrofoil and
Viola arvensis, by post-emergence application in a non-
directional fashion, e.g. by non-directional spraying, to an
area used for growing cereals, erg. wheat, barley and oats,
after emergence of both the crop and weeds.
For this purpose, i.e. the selective control of
broad leafed weeds by pro- or post-emergence application to
an area used for growing cereal crops, application rates
between 0.05 and 4.0 key, and preferably between 0.1 kg and
2.0 kg, of active material per Hector are particularly
suitable.
The high herbicidal activity of the compounds of
general formula IV, and more especially Compounds Nos. 1, 2
and 4, on Gallium apron, Veronica Persia and Viola arvensis
renders them particularly suitable for use by post-emergence
application, in association with the phenylurea-type
herbicides isoproturon and chlortoluron to control the growth
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of a wide spectrum of weed species including, in addition
to the three aforementioned weed species, Motorcar indoor,
Styler media, GaleoPsis titrate, Arena fish and
Alopecurus miswords, in particular in an emerged crop of
winter wheat and barley. For this purpose, application rates
between 0.125 and 0.5 kg per Hector of the N-phenylpyrazole
derivatives and application rates between 1.25 and 2.5 kg
per Hector of isoproturon or chlortoluron are generally
suitable.
The compounds of general formula IV may also be
used to control the growth of weeds, especially those
indicated above, by pro- or post-emergence application in
established orchards and other tree-growing areas, for
example forests, woods and parks, and plantations, e.g. sugar
cane, oil palm and rubber plantations. For this purpose they
may be applied in a directional or non-directional fashion (e.g.
by directional or non-directional spraying) to the weeds or to
the soil in which they are expected to appear, before or after
planting of the trees or plantations at application rates
between 0.25 kg and 10.0 kg, and preferably between 1.0 kg and
4.0 kg, of active material per Hector.
The compounds of general formula IV may also be
used to control the growth of weeds, especially those
indicated above, at foci which are not crop-growing areas
but in which the control of weeds is nevertheless desirable.
Examples of such non-crop-growing areas include airfields,
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industrial sites, railways, roadside verges, the verges
of rivers, irrigation and other waterways, scrub lands and
fallow or uncultivated land in particular where it is
desired to control the growth of weeds in order to reduce
fire risks. When used for such purposes in which a total
herbicidal effect is frequently desired, the active compounds
are normally applied at dosage rates higher than those used
in crop-growing areas as herein before described. the precise
dosage will depend upon the nature of the vegetation treated
and the effect sought. Pro- or post-emergence application,
and preferably reemergence application, in a directional
or non-directional fashion (e.g. by directional or non-
directional spraying) at application rates between 2.0 kg and
10.0 kg, and preferably between 4.0 and 10.0 kg, of active
material per Hector are particularly suitable for this
purpose.
When used to control the growth of weeds by pro-
emergence application, the compounds of general formula IV
may be incorporated into the soil in which the weeds are
expected to emerge. It will be appreciated that when the
compounds of general formula IV are used to control the
growth of weeds by post-emergence application, i.e. by
application to the aerial or exposed portions of emerged
weeds, the compounds of general formula IV will also normally
come into contact with the soil and may also then exercise a
reemergence control on later-germinating weeds in the soil.
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Where specially prolonged weed control is
required, the application of the compounds of general
formula IV may be repeated if required.
According to a further feature of the present
invention, there are provided compositions suitable for
herbicidal use comprising one or more of the ~-phenylpyrazole
derivatives ox general formula IV in association with, and
preferably homogeneously dispersed in, one or more compatible
herbicidally-acceptable delineates or carriers (i.e. delineates
or carriers of the type generally accepted in the art as being
suitable for use in herbicidal compositions and which are
compatible with compounds of general formula IV). The term
"homogeneously dispersed" is used to include compositions in
which the compounds of general formula IV are dissolved in the
other components. The term "herbicidal compositions is used
in a broad sense to include not only compositions which are
ready for use as herbicides but also concentrates which must
be diluted before use. Preferably, the compositions contain
from 0.05 to 90% by weight of one or no compounds of general
formula IV.
The herbicidal compositions may contain both a
delineate or carrier and a surface-active (e.g. wetting,
dispersing, or emulsifying) agent. Surface-active agents
which may be present in herbicidal compositions of the present
invention may be of the ionic or non-ionic types, for example
sulphoricinoleates, qua ternary ammonium derivatives, products
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based on condensates of ethylene oxide with nonyl- or octal-
phenols, or carboxylic acid esters of anhydrosorbitols which
have been rendered soluble by etherification of the free
hydroxy groups by condensation with ethylene oxide, alkali
and alkaline earth metal salts of sulfuric acid esters and
sulphonic acids such as dinonyl- and dioctyl-sodium cellophane-
succinates and alkali and alkaline earth metal salts of high
molecular weight sulphonic acid derivatives such as sodium and
calcium lignosulphonates.
Suitably, herbicidal compositions according to the
present invention may comprise from 0.05% to 10% of surface-
active agent but, if desired, herbicidal compositions according
to the present invention may comprise higher proportions of
surface-active agent, for example up to 15% in liquid
emulsifiable suspension concentrates and up to 25% in liquid
water soluble concentrates.
Examples of suitable solid delineates or carriers are
aluminum silicate, talc, calcined magnesia, kieselguhr,
tricalcium phosphate, powdered cork, adsorbent carbon black
and clays such as kaolin and bentonite. The solid compositions
(which may take the form of dusts, granules or wettable
powders) are preferably prepared by grinding the compounds of
general formula IV with solid delineates or by impregnating the
solid delineates or carriers with solutions of the compounds of
general formula IV in volatile solvents, evaporating the
solvents and, if necessary, grinding the products so as to
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obtain powders. Granular formulations may be prepared by
adsorbing the compounds of general formula IV (dissolved in
volatile solvents) onto the solid delineates or carriers in
granular form and evaporating the solvents, or by granulating
compositions in powder form obtained as described above. Solid
herbicidal compositions, particularly wettable powders, may
contain wetting or dispersing agent (for example of the types
described above), which may also, when solid, serve as
delineates or carriers.
Liquid compositions according to the invention may
take the form of aqueous, organic or aqueous-organic solutions,
suspension sand emulsions which may incorporate a surface-active
agent. Suitable liquid delineates for incorporation in the
liquid compositions include water, acetophenone, cyclohexanone,
isophorone, Tulane, zillion and mineral, animal and vegetable
oils (and mixtures of these delineates). Surface-active agents,
which may be present in the liquid compositions, may be
ionic or non-ionic (for example of the types described above)
and may, when liquid, also serve as delineates or carriers.
Wettable powders and liquid compositions in the
form of concentrates may be diluted with water or other
suitable delineates, for example mineral or vegetable oils,
particularly in the case of liquid concentrates in which the
delineate or carrier is an oil, to give compositions ready for
use. When desired, liquid compositions of the compound of
general formula IV may be used in the form of self-emulsifying
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concentrates containing the active substances dissolved
in the emulsifying agents or in solvents containing
emulsifying agents compatible with the active substances,
the simple addition of water to such concentrates producing
compositions ready for use.
Liquid concentrates in which the delineate or
carrier is an oil may be used without further dilution
using the electrostatic spray technique.
Herbicidal compositions according to the present
invention may also contain, if desired, conventional
adjutants such as adhesives, protective colludes, thickeners,
penetrating agents, stabilizers, sequestering agents, anti-
caking agents, coloring agents and corrosion inhibitors.
These adjutants may also serve as carriers or delineates.
Preferred herbicidal compositions according to the
present invention are aqueous suspension concentrates which
comprise from 10 to 70% w/v of one or more compounds of
general formula IV, from 2 to 10% w/v of surface-active
agent, from 0.1 to 5% w/v of thickener and from 15 to 87.9%
by volume of water, wettable powders which comprise from 10
to 90% w/w of one or more compounds of general formula IV,
from 2 to owe W/W of surface-active agent and from 10 to 88%
w/w of solid delineate or carrier; liquid water soluble
concentrates which comprise from 10 to 30% w/v of one or more
compounds of general formula IV, from 5 to 25% w/v of surface-
active agent and from 45 to 85% by volume of water-miscible
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solvent, e.g. dimethylformamide; liquid emulsifiable
- suspension concentrates which comprise from 10 to OWE w/v
of one or more compounds of general formula IV, from 5 to
15% w/v of surface-active agent, from 0~1 to 5% w/v of
thickener and from 10 to 84.9% my volume of organic solvent,
granules which comprise from 2 to I w/w of one or more
compounds of general formula IV, from 0~5 to 2% w/w of
surface-active agent and from By to 97.5% w/w of granular
carrier, and emulsifiable concentrates which comprise from
0.05 to 90% w/v, and preferably from 1 to foe w/v, of one
or more compounds of general formula IV, from 0.01 to Lowe
w/v, and preferably from 1 to lit w/v, of surface-active
agent and from 9.99 to 99.94%, and preferably from 39 to
98.99%, my volume of organic solvent
~erbicidal compositions according to the
present invention may also comprise the compounds of
general formula It _ in association with, and preferably
homogeneously dispersed in, one or more other
pesticidally active compounds end, if desired, one or
more compatible pesticidally acceptable delineates or
carriers, surface-active agents and conventional adjutants
as herein before described. Examples of other pesticidally
active compounds which may be included in, or use in
conjunction with, the herbicidal compositions of the
present invention include herbicides, for example to
increase the range of Ted species controlled,
or example alachlor t-chloro-2,6-diethyl-~-(methoxy-
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methyl)acetanilide], asylum [methyl(4-aminobenzene-
sulphonyl)carbamate], alloxydim No sodium salt of 2-
(l-allyloxyaminobutylidene)-5,5-dimethyl-4-methoxyy-
carbonylcyclohexane-1,3-dione], atrazine
5 [2-chloro-4-ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-1,3,5-
treason], bourbon [4-chlorobut-2-ynyl
N-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamate], benzoylprop-ethyl
[ethyl N~benzoyl-N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-
2-aminopropionate], bromoxynil [3,5-dibromo-4-
10 hydroxybenzonitrile], butachlor [N-(butoxymethyl)-
a~chloro-2r6-diethylacetanilide]r butylate [S-ethyl
N,N-diisobutyl(thiocarbamate)], carbetamide
[D-N-ethyl-2-(phenylcarbamoyloxy)propionamide],
chlorfenprop-methyl [methyl 2-chloro-3-(4-chloro-
15 phenyl)propionate], chlorpropham [isopropylN-(3-chlorophenyl)carbamate], chlortoluron [N'-
(3-chloro-4-methylphenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea],
Swenson [2-chloro-4-(1-cyano-1-methylethylamino)-6-
ethylamino-1,3,5-triazine], cycloate [N'-cyclohexyl-N-
20 ethyl-S-ethyl(thiocarbamate)], 2,4-D
[2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid], dalapon
[2,2-dichloropropionic acid], 2,4-DB
[4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butyric acid], desmedipham
[3-(ethoxycarbonylamino)phenyl N-phenyl-carbamate],
25 dwelt [S-2,3-dichloroallyl-N,N-di-
isopropyl(thiocarbamate)], dicamba [3,6-dichloro-
2-methoxybenzoic acid], dichlorprop
[(+)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionic acid],
difenzoquat[l,2-dimethyl-3,5-diphenyl-pyrazolium
30 salts], dimefuron
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{4-[2-chloro-4-(3,3-dimethylureido)phenyl]-2-t-buttwill-
1,3,4-oxadiazolin-5-one}, dinitramine [No,
Nl-diethyl-2,6-dinitro-4-trifluoromethyl-_-
phenylenediamine], Doreen [N'-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-
N,N-dimethylurea], EPIC [S-ethyl N,N-dipropyl-
(thiocarbamate)]~ ethofumesate [ethics-
dihydro-3,3-dimethylbenzofuran-5-yl-methylsulphonaate],
flampropisopropyl [isopropyl (~)-2-(N-benzoyl-3-
chloro-4-fluoroanilino)propionate], flamprop-
10 methyl [methyl (+)-2-(N-benzoyl-3-chloro-4-
fluoroanilino)propionate], ~luometuron No
trifluoromethylphenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea], ioxynil
[4-hydroxy-3,5-di-iodobenzo-nitrile], isoproturon
[N'-(4-isopropylphenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea], linuron
[N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-N-methoxy-N-methylurea], MCPA
[4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid], MCPB
[4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)butyric acid], mecoprop
[(+)-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propionic acid],
metamitron [4-amino-3-methyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-
triazin-5(4H)-one], methabenzthiazuron
[N-(benzothiazol-2-yl)-N,N'-dimethylurea], metribuzin
[4-amino-6-t-butyl-3-(methylthio)-1,2,4-triazin-5((OH)-
one], molinate [S-ethyl N,N-hexamethylene-
(thiocarbamate)], oxadiazon [3-(2,4-dichloro-
25 5-isopropoxyphenyl)-5-t-butyl-1,3,4-oxadiazolin-2--
one],paraquat [l~l'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridylium salts],
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peculate isopropyl N-butyl-N-ethyl(thiocarbamate)],
phenmedipham [3-(methoxycarbonylamino)phenyl
N-(3-methylphenyl)carbamate], prometryne
[4,~-bisisopropylamino-2-methylthio-1,3,5-triazinee],
propachlor [~-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide], propanil
[N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-propionamide], prop ham
[isopropyl N-phenylcarbamate], porcine
[5-amino-4-chloro-2-phenylpyridazin-3(2H)-one],
Samson [2-chloro-4,6-bisethylamino-1,3,5-triazine],
lo TEA (trichloroacetic acid), thiobencarb
[S-(4-chlorobenzyl)-N,N-diethylthiocarbamate], in-
allele [S-2,3,3-trichloroallyl N,N-di-isopropyl
(thiocarbamate)] and trifluralin [2,6-dinitrc-N,N-
dipropyl-4-trifluoromethylaniline]; insecticides,
e.g. carbaryl [naphth-l-yl-N-methylcarbamate];
synthetic pyrethroids, e.g. permethrin and
cypermethrin; and fungicides, e.g. 2,6-dimethyl-
4-tridecyl-morpholine, methyl N-(l-butyl-carbamoyl-
benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate, Boyce-
methoxycarbonyl-2-thioureido)benzene, isopropyl
l-carbamoyl-3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)hydantoin and
1-(4-chloro-phenoxy)-3,3-dimethyl-1-(1,2,4-triazoll-l-
yl)-butan-2-one. Other biologically active materials
which may be included in, or used in conjunction with,
the herbicidal compositions of the present invention
are plant growth regulators, e.g. succinamic acid,
(2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride and
2-chloroethane-phosphonic acid; or fertilizers, e.g.
containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and
trace elements known to be essential to successful
plant life, e.g. iron, magnesium, zinc, manganese,
cobalt and copper.
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Herbicidal compositions according to the present
invention which comprise the compounds of general formula
IV, and more especially Compounds Nos. 1, 2 and 4 in
association with, and preferably homogeneously dispersed in,
isoproturon and chlortoluron and, if desired, one or more
compatible pesticidally acceptable delineates or carriers,
surface-active agents and conventional adjutants, more
especially in the ratio 1:2.5 to ~:20 by weight of N-phenyl-
porously derivatives to isoproturon or chlortoluron, are
particularly suitable for use by post-emergence application
to control the growth of Gallium apron, Veronica Persia,
Veronica hydrofoil, Viola arvensis, Motorcar indoor,
Styler media, Galeopsis titrate, Arena fish and
AloPecurus miswords, in particular in an emerged crop of
winter wheat and barley.
Pesticidally active compounds hod other biologically
active materials which may be included in, or used in
conjunction with, the herbicidal compositions of the present
invention, for example those herein before mentioned, and which
are acids, may, if desired, be utilized in the form of
conventional derivatives, for example alkali metal and amine
salts and esters.
According to a further feature of the present
invention there is provided an article of manufacture
comprising at least one of the N-phenyl-pyrazole derivatives
of general formula IV or, as is preferred, a herbicidal
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composition as herein before described, and preferably a
herbicidal concentrate which must be diluted before use,
comprising at least one of the N-phenylpyrazole derivatives
of general formula IV within a container for the aforesaid
derivative or derivatives of general formula IV, or a said
herbicidal composition, and instructions physically
associated with the aforesaid container setting out the
manner in which the aforesaid derivative or derivatives of
general formula IV or herbicidal composition contained
therein is to be used to control the growth of weeds. me
containers will normally be of the types conventionally used
for the storage of chemical substances which are solid at
normal ambient temperatures and herbicide compositions
particularly in the form of concentrates, for example cans
and drums of metal, which may be internally-lacquered, and
plastics materials, bottles of glass and plastics materials
and when the contents of the container is a solid, for
example granular, herbicidal compositions, boxes, for example
of cardboard, plastics materials and metal, or sacks. The
containers will normally be of sufficient capacity to contain
amounts of the N-phenylpyrazole derivative or herbicidal
compositions sufficient to treat at least one acre of ground
to control the growth of weeds therein but will not exceed a
size which is convenient for conventional methods of handling.
The instructions will be physically associated with the
container, for example by being printed directly thereon or
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on a label or tag affixed thereto. The directions will
normally indicate that the contents of the container, after
dilution if necessary, are to be applied to control the
growth of weeds at rates of application between 0.01 kg and
lo kg of active material per Hector in the manner and for
the purposes herein before described.
The following Examples illustrate herbicidal
compositions according to the present invention.
EXAMPLE 1
5-Amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethyl--
phenyl)pyrazole was formulated as a water soluble concentrate
containing5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-~-trifluoromethyl--
phenyl)-py~azole.... I.......... I.. 10% w/v ( weight/
volume)
Ethylene KEY (nonylphenyl/ethylene
oxide condensate containing 9-10 moles of
ethylene oxide per mow of phenol)... 0...... 10% w/v
Dimethylformamide to 100% by volume,
by dissolving the Ethylan*KE0 in a portion of dim ethyl-
formamide and then adding the active ingredient with heating
and stirring until dissolved. The resulting solution was
then made up to 100% by volume by adding the rest of the
dimethylformamide.
5 Hires of the above formulation may be dissolved
in 200 liters of water and sprayed post-emergence onto 1
Hector of an emerged crop of spring-sown wheat to control
Amaranths retroflexus, Satyr viridis, Polyqonum
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lapathifolium, Abutilon theop Rosetta and Anaheim Norm.
The 5-amino-4-cyano-1 (2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoro-
methylphenyl)pyrazole may, if desired, be replaced-in the
above water soluble concentrate by any other compound of
general formula IV.
EXAMPLE 2
A wettable powder was formed from:-
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2~6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethy
phenyl)pyra~ole........................ ~.~.. 50'~0 wow White
weight) r
Ethylene BCP (a nonylphenol/ethylene
oxide condensate containing 9 moles
of ethylene oxide per mow of phenol)......... 5% w/w
Aerosil*(silicon dioxide of microphone
particle Swiss .......... 5% wow
Celite*PF (synthetic magnesium
silicate carrier)....................... ,.4~0 wow
by adsorbing the Ethylene* BCP onto the Aerosol* mixing with
the other ingredients and grinding the mixture in a hammer-
mill to give a wettable powder which may be diluted with
water and applied at an application rate of 1.0 go ox wettable
powder in 300 liters of spray fluid per Hector to control the
growth of Galiurn apron, Veronica Persia, Viola arvensis,
GaleoPsis titrate and Styler media by post-emergence
application in an emerged crop of winter wheat.
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Similar wettable powders may be prepared as
described above by replacing the 5-amino-4-cyano-1-
(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole by other
compounds of general formula IV.
EXAMPLE 3
An aqueous suspension concentrate was formed from:-
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethyl--
phenyl)pyrazole,.,.,,,,.,,,,,,.,............ ,,~,,50% we
Ethylene BCP................... I....... ~.~... lo wove
Sopropon T36 (sodium salt of
polycarboxylic Acadia ,,.,,.,,0,2% wow
Ethylene glycol.,.. JO,,.. ,,........... ..~... ,.. ED w/v
~hodigel 23 (polysaccharide xanthan
gum thickener)..... ,..... ,,... ,............. .,,,,0,1~% we
distilled water to 100% by volume
by intimately mixing the ingredients and grinding in a
ball-mill for 24 hours, eye concentrate thus obtained may
be dispersed in water and applied at an application rate of
1,0 kg of aqueous suspension concentrate in 300 liters ox
spray fluid per Hector to control the growth of Gallium
apron, Veronica Persia, Viola arvensis, Styler media
and Galeopsis titrate by post-emergence application in an
emerged crop of winter barley.
Similar aqueous suspension concentrates may be
prepared as described above by replacing the 5-amino-4-cyano-
1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole by other
compounds of general formula Ivy
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EXAMPLE 4
on emulsifiable suspension concentrate was formed
from:-
5~amlno-4-cyano-1-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl-
phenyl~pyrazole................................. 50% we
Ethylene TUG (a nonyl phenol/ethylene
oxide condensate containing 10 moles
of ethylene oxide per mow of phenol)..... ,........... loo Wow
Ben tone 38 tan organic derivative of
special magnesium montmorillonite
thickener)............................... O........... 0.5% w/v
Aroma sol H (an aromatic solvent
consisting predominantly of isometric
trimethylbenzenes)....................... to 100% by volume
by intimately mixing the ingredients and grinding in a
ball-mill for 24 hours. The emulsifiable suspension
concentrate thus obtained may be dilute with water and
applied at an application rate of 2.0 kg of emulsifiable
suspension concentrate in 100 liters of spray fluid per
Hector to control the growth of Satyr viridis, olygonum
convolvulus, and Chenopodium album by post emergence
application in an emerged crop of spring-sown wheat.
Similar emulsifiable suspension concentrates may
be prepared as described above by replacing the amour-
cyano-1-(2-chl~ro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazolee by other
compounds of general formula IV.
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EXAMPLE 5
Granules were formed from:-
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethyl
phenyl)pyrazole~.. I I... I.......... I........ ..5~/0 wow
Ethylene BCP....... I.......... TV ,........ I w/w
Oleic acid.... 0.......................... ....... ....... I w/w
Aroma sol H................ ,.............. ................ ..12% wow
30~60 Attapulgite granules (sorptive
silica clay)............. ......... ......................... ..81% wow
, 10 by mixing the phenylpyrazole, Ethylene BCP, oldie Reid and
Aroma sol H and spraying the mixture onto the Attapulgi~e
granules. m e granules thus obtained may be applied at an
application rate of 20 kg of granules per Hector to control
the growth o, Echinochloa crus-qalli, Eleocharis assailers
and Monkery vaqinalis by pre-emergenee application or
application to seedling weeds in a crop of transplanted paddy
rice.
Similar granules may be prepared as described above
by replacing the 5-amino-4-cyano 1-(2,6-diehloro-4-trifluoro-
methylphenyl)pyrazoie by other compounds of general formula EXAMPLE 6
water syllable concentrate was formed from:-
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethyl--
phenyl)pyrazole........................................ lo w/v
Ethylene KEY.......... ...10 w/v
Dimethylformamide.... O................................ to 10050 by volume
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by dissolving the Ethylene KEY in a portion of dim ethyl-
formed and then adding the porously derivative with
heating and stirring until dissolved. m e resulting
solution was then made up to owe by volume with dim ethyl-
5 formamide by adding the rest of the dimethylformamide. Theater soluble concentrate thus obtained may be diluted with
water and applied at an application rate of 10 liters of
water soluble concentrate in 200 to 2000 liters of spray
fluid per Hector to control the growth of Valium apron,
erotica Persia, Viola arvensis and Galeo~sis titrate by'
post-emergence application in an emerged crop of winter
wheat at the tittering growth stage.
EXAMPLE 7
A wettable powder was formed from:-
15 5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylpphenol)-
parceled............. 90% w/w
Aryan S (sodium dodecyl Bunsen
sulphonate).......................,................... 2% w/w
Darvan*No. 2 (sodium lignosulphate)~...... I w/w
Celite*PF...................................... 3% w/w
by mixing the ingredients and grinding the mixture in a
hammer-mill to give a wettable powder which may be diluted
with water and applied at an application rate of 1.0 kg of
wettable powder in 300 liters of spray fluid per Hector to
control the growth of Gallium apron, Veronica pyrrhic, Viola
arvensis and Galeopsis titrate by post-emergence application
, in an emerged crop of winter wheat.
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Similar wettable powders may be prepared as
described above by replacing the 5-amino-4-cyano-1-
(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole by other
compounds of general formula IV.
EXAMPLE 8
A wettable powder containing 50% w/w of 5-amino-
4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyyrazole,
prepared as herein before described in Example 2, may be
diluted with water and applied at an application rate of
0.1 kg of wettable powder in 300 liters of spray fluid per
Hector to control the growth of Abutilon theophrasti and
Polyqonum convolvulus by post-emergence application at the
early seedling growth stage of these weeds in a crop of
spring wheat.
EXAMPLE 9
A wettable powder containing 50% w/w of 5-amino-
4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyyrazole,
prepared as described in Example 2, may be diluted with
water and applied at an application rate of 20 kg of wettable
powder in 600 liters of spray fluid per Hector to produce a
total herbicidal effect on vegetation at a locus which is
not a crop-growing area.
EXAMPLE 10
An emulsifiable concentrate was formed from:-
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-
trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole............... 20% w/v
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soprophor BUS (condensate of tristyrylphenol and ethylene
oxide, containing I moles of ethylene oxide wove
Arylan*CA (OWE solution of calcium dodecyl Bunsen
sulphonate)............ ...........................3,75 w/v
Isophorone............. 60% w/v
Aroma sol Ho.......... I.. o... to 700% by volume,
by dissolving the Soprophor BUS and Aryan CA in a portion of
the isophorone and then adding the phenylpyrazole, with
heating, and stirring until dissolved. The remaining is-
foreign was then added and the solution was me up to luff,
by volume by adding the Aroma sol H. m e emulsifiable
concentrate thus obtained may be diluted with water and applied
at an application rate of 1 lithe of emulsifiable concentrate
in 200 liters of spray fluid per acre to control the growth
of Gallium apron, Styler media, Veronica perslca, Veronica
hydrofoil and Viola arvensis by post-emergence application
in an emerged crop of winter wheat.
EXAMPLE 11
.
An aqueous suspension concentrate containing 50% wove
of5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoro~ethylpphenol)-
porously prepared as described in Example 3 (1.25 liters) and
a commercially available Dow w/v aqueous suspension concentrate
of isoproturon (15 liters) were mixed with water in the spray
tank and applied at an application rate of 0.125 kg of the
N-phenylpyrazole derivative and 1.5 kg of isoproturon in 200
liters of spray fluid per Hector to an emerged crop of winter
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wheat to control the growth of Alopecurus mvosuroides,
Styler media, Motorcar indoor, Gallium apron,
Veronica Persia and Viola arvensis by post-emergence
application.
According to a feature of the present invention,
the N-phenylpyrazole derivatives of general formula IV
wherein R , R 3, R and R 5 are as herein before defined,
are prepared by the process which comprises the cyclisation
of a compound of the general formula:-
NC R13
C- --SHEA H / CF3 V
NC
I \R14
wherein the various symbols are as herein before defined.
Cyclisation may be effected in the presence of an inert
organic solvent, for example an alkanol containing from 1
to 4 carbon atoms (ego ethanol, acetic acid or ethoxyethanol,
at a temperature of from ambient temperature up to the reflex
temperature of the reaction mixture.
Compounds of general formula V may be prepared by
the reaction of a compound of the general formula:-
NHNH2
R 12
l if VI
Al R13
CF3
~22ssfss
(wherein the various symbols are as herein no defined)
or an acid addition salt thereof (e.g. the hydrochloride)
with a compound of the general formula:-
NC o'er
C --C VII
NC H
wherein R16 represents a straight- or branched-chain alkyd
radical containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, preferably ethyl.
Roy reaction of a compound of general formula VI
with a compound of general formula VII may be effected in
the presence of an inert organic solvent, for example an
alkanol containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms (e.g. ethanol),
acetic acid or ethoxyethanol and at a temperature of from
ambient temperature to the reflex temperature of the reaction
mixture and optionally in the presence of an alkali metal
(e.g. sodium or potassium) acetate, carbonate or bicarbonate.
When an acid addition salt of the compound of general formula
VI is used, the reaction with the compound of general formula
VII is effected in the presence of an alkali metal (e.g.
sodium or potassium) acetate, carbonate or bicarbonate.
N-Phenylpyrazole derivatives of general formula IV
wherein R12, R13, R14 and R15 are as herein before defined, may,
according to another feature of the present invention, be
prepared by reaction of a compound of general formula VI
with a compound of general formula VII as herein before described
without isolation of an intermediate compound of general
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formula V from the reaction mixture. When the reaction
of a compound of general formula VI with a compound of
general formula VII is effected in acetic acid, in the
absence or presence of an alkali metal (e.g. sodium or
potassium) acetate, the intermediate compound of formula V
may separate from the reaction mixture, depending upon the
volubility of the intermediate compound of general formula
V in the reaction medium, and may, if desired, be isolated
before being cyclised as herein before described to a compound
of general formula IV, preferably by heating in an inert
organic solvent (e.g. ethoxyethanol) at the reflex
temperature of the reaction mixture.
Isolated compounds of general formula V exhibit
herbicidal activities similar to those of the corresponding
~-phenylpyrazole derivatives of general formula IV into which
they may be cyclised, and it is believed that the herbicidal
activity of compounds of general formula V results from their
cyclisation to compounds of general formula IV.
Compounds of general formula VI and VII may be
prepared by methods known per so. By the term "methods known
per so' as used in the present specification is meant methods
heretofore used or described in the chemical literature.
The following Examples and Reference Examples
illustrate the preparation of compounds of general formula IV.
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EXAMPLE 12
Ethoxymethylenemalononitrile 34g, described
by tuber, J. Amer. them. So., 65, 2224 (1943)~ and 2,6-
dichloro-4-trifluorcmethylphenylhydrazine (3.7g) were added
to a magnetically-stirred solution of sodium acetate (0.6g)
in glacial acetic acid (15ml) at laboratory temperature.
After stirring for 15 minutes, a colorless solid precipitated
from the clear brown solution obtained and stirring was
continued for a further 15 minutes. The mixture was then
filtered. The solid obtained was washed successively with
acetic acid, water, aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and
water, to give 2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazino-
methylenemalononitrile (3.4g), mop. 153-154C, in the form
of colorless crystals.
The 2,6-dichlcxo-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazino-
methylenemalononitrile thus obtained was then heated at
reflex for 45 minutes in ethoxyethanol (15ml). m e hot
solution was filtered and the filtrate was cooled, diluted
with water (5ml), and filtered, to give 5-amino-4-cyano-1-
(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl)pyrazole (2.5g),
mop. 165-167~C, in the form of off-white crystals.
By proceeding in a similar manner, but replacing
the 2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazine by the
hereinafter indicated appropriately substituted phenylhydrazine,
there were prepared:-
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5-Amino-1-(2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl~-4-cyaanopyrazole,
mop. 1~35-137C, after crystallization from Tulane, in the
form of fawn-coloured crystals, from 2-chloro-4-trifluoro-
methylphenylhydrazine, via 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl-
hydrazinomethylenemalononitrile, in the form of a brown powder, mop. 138-143C.
5-Amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-trifluoromethyl-
phenyl)pyrazole, m p. 122-122.5C, after crystallization
from Tulane, in toe form of off-white crystals, from
2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydraziire (prepared
as described by Also et at, J. Chum. Sock 1962, 1801), via
2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl-4-trifluoromethylphenylhhvdrazino-
methylenemalononitrile, mop. 90-93C, in the form of a pale
yellow solid.
I EXAMPLE 13
2,3,6-Trichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazine
long was added in one portion to a solution of ethics-
methylenemalononitrile (4.40g) and an hydrous sodium acetate
(1.47g) in glacial acetic acid (34ml) stirred at laboratory
temperature After stirring at laboratory temperature for 5
minutes, a fine precipitate formed and stirring at laboratory
temperature was continued for 2 hours. The reaction mixture
was then allowed to stand overnight at laboratory temperature
and filtered. m e solid precipitate was washed successively
with a small quantity of glacial acetic acid, saturated
aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and water, to give
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2,3,6-trichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazinomeethylene-
malononitrile (9.6g), mop 169-17C~C, in the form of a
fawn-coloured powder.
The 2,3,6-trichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazino-
methylenemalononitrile thus obtained was heated at refluxfor 1 hour in ethoxyethanol (50ml). The hot solution was
filtered And the filtrate was cooled, diluted with water
(70 ml) and the solid precipitate was filtered off to give
5-amino-4-cyano-1-(2,3,6-trichloro-4-trifluoromethhylphenyl)-
porously (6.36g), mop. 186-1~37C, after crystallization from
Tulane (25ml), in the form of a buff-coloured crystalline
solid.
REFERENCE EXAMPLE 1
Phenylhydrazines used as starting materials in
Examples 12 and 13 were prepared as follows:-
2,6-Dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenylaniline (4.3g)
(described in United States Patent No. 3850955) was dissolved,
with stirring, in glacial acetic acid (23ml). A solution
of sodium nitrite (1.5g) in concentrated sulfuric acid (llml)
was then added at 55-60C. The solution thus obtained was
cooled to 0-5C and a solution of stuns chloride (16.4g)
in concentrated hydrochloric acid (14 ml) was added with
vigorous stirring. A cream-coloured solid precipitated. The
mixture was filtered and the solid obtained was added to a
mixture of aqueous ammonium hydroxide solution and ice. The
mixture thus obtained was extracted with deathly ether
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(6 x 500ml) rid the combined ethereal extracts were dried
o'er sodium sulfite, filtered and evaporated to dryness
to give 2,6-dichloro-4~trifluoromethylphenylhydrazine (3.7g),
mop. 54-560C, in the form of a colorless crystalline solid.
my proceeding in a similar manner, but replacing
the 2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylaniline by sheller-
trifluoromethylaniline (described in United States Patent
No. 3850955), there was prepared 2-chloro-4-trifluoromethyl-
phenylhydrazine, mop. 38-39C, in the form of a colorless
solid.
By proceeding in a similar manner, but replacing
the 2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylaniline by 2,3,6-trichloro-
4-trifluoromethylaniline, there was prepared 2,3,6-trichloro-
4-trifluoromethylphenylhydrazine, mop. 72-740C, in the form
of a white solid.
REFERENCE EXAMPLE 2
2,3,6-Trichloro-4-trifluoromethylaniline, used as
a starting material in Reference Example 1, was prepared as
follows:-
A mixture of 3-chloro-4-trifluoromethylaniline
C20g, described in British Patent Specification No. 459890]
and hydrochloric acid (d:1.18, 12ml) was suspended in water
(600ml). Chlorine gas (from 13ml of liquid chlorine) was
then passed into the stirred suspension with heating at
reflex. On completion of the addition of chlorine gas,
stirring was continued for a further 15 minutes. After
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cooling, the solution thus obtained was extracted with
dichloromethane (3 x 250ml). the combined organic extracts
were washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate
solution and water, dried over an hydrous sodium sulfite and
evaporated. The red oil thus obtained was distilled (by 143-
147C/20mmHg) to give an orange oil which crystallized on
standing to give 2,3,6-trichloro-4-trifluoromethylaniline
(12.26g), mop. 37-39C, in the form of an orange solid.
